I'm fed up. My sister always borrows my clothes.

[Fedorov]

I'm fed up. My sister always borrows my clothes.

Those sentences are supposed to be correct, aren't they?
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[Kitosdad]

Yes they are.
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[Fedorov]

Thanks!
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[Blue_Snow]

Could we use present progressive in the latter sentence to express the extreme anger?

[Torsten]

Yes, you could say 'My sister is always borrowing my clothes' to express your anger.

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[Fedorov]

As the question still remains on the table, I'd like to know which of the variants is more natural.
Let's consider another example:

I always visit my grandparents on weekends.
I am always visiting my grandparents on weekends.

Are both of them OK?
Does the second one imply certain kind of necessity, planning or something else?
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[Haihao]

I would think,

"I always visit my grandparents on weekends." >> +usualness and -emotion.
"I am always visiting my grandparents on weekends." >> +usualness, and +emotion (dissatisfaction or satisfaction)

[Alan]

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Hi Fedorov,

The use of the progressive form in the present is often to express the thought behind it that you wish whatever it is that's continuing, would stop.

Examples:

My neighbour's dog is always barking and it drives me mad.

I'm always telling you not to do that but you take no notice.

She's forever telling us about her new kitchen as if we could care ;less.

Alan
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[Haihao]

Hi Alan,

From your examples, it seems to me that the structure sounds like having a "keep" with it, such as "My neighbour's dog keeps barking and it drives me mad.", indicating the speaker is fed up?

Haihao

[Alan]

Hi Haihao,

Yes, I think the idea of 'keeping on and on' sums it up well.

Alan
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[Haihao]

Thank you very much, Alan.

[Fedorov]

I thank you very much, too. It's quite useful to learn such a details.
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[Torsten]

Such details or such a detail.

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[Fedorov]

Oops...Thanks once more, Torsten!
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[Torsten]

You're welcome, Yuriy.

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